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The Sleeping

The Sleeping, consisting of a few of the original members of Long Island's now defunct metalcore group skycamefalling, was formed after skycamefalling's last show at Hellfest '03. Living on after the legacy of SCF - Doug Robinson, Cameron Keym, Sal Mignano, and Joseph Zizzo continue to develop and write music that we now know and love.
With a drastic change from the hardcore scene, the Sleeping is now considered to be post-hardcore/Rock/Alternative Read more on Last.fm

The awesome and super talented brewer from BrickHouse Brewery Paul Komsic brewed two different styles of beers in honor of The Sleeping's reunion show on dec 23rd. This rules! This is how we'll be getting ready for the show! Tag a friend that loves craft beer.❣️

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Sleeping on Friday, December 23rd!
- Pre-sale: October 5 - 6 online only (Use code "PULSE")
- On Sale: October 7 on Ticketmaster or The Paramount Box Office
"Douglas, can you write a press release for The Sleeping reunion show on December 23rd?"
Such a weird question to have read via text from The Sleeping's old manager.
To be honest, I never even thought that this moment would happen. We've all been so busy with our lives that we just never had the time to really think about the possibility of playing together again.
Let's start this off by briefly taking it back to November of 2015. The Paris attack at Le Bataclan had just happened. I hate to even bring that up in this statement but it does have a bit of a role in this reunion and I just wouldn't feel right leaving it out.
The world mourned and time moved forward, as it always does. As the days progressed, I kept thinking of the dudes in my current band (Night Verses) and how much I care about them and then I began to reminisce about the days of The Sleeping. I started to think about all of the ups and downs that we went through together for over 12 years and I became extremely emotional. The Sleeping has always been and will always be one of the biggest parts of our lives and that doesn't just go away.
Fast forward to New Year's Eve. It was about to be 2016, my wife and I are were on vacation in the lobby of our hotel while enjoying a couple drinks. I started to talk about everything swirling around in my head. Once midnight hit on January 1st, I sent a "Happy New Year" group text to The Sleeping. I immediately let them all know that I missed them and that the tragedy in Paris really put a lot of things into perspective. We began loosely talking about playing music together again. The conversation was extremely relaxed. We all laughed and sent dumb ideas to one another on how we would announce our reunion. The main idea was to split a screen four ways while each of us ate a bag of chips and didn't speak. Haha. Anyway, nothing really ever came of it. Time went on...
Now, it's October 4th and here I am...writing to you all to let you know that we're back for this one last show. Our first show as the original lineup in TEN YEARS!
Since we've announced, we're hearing and seeing all of the feedback and it is unreal. The immense hardships you face when being in a band and when it all ends...you don't normally think of the lives you've affected. You just think of how hard you tried to make something important work.
Now, we're literally just sitting back and enjoying all of the amazing feedback. We've made so many great friends and fans over the years and to see you all again is simply mind-blowing. There's even people who have never seen us before that are showing themselves. It's absolutely amazing.
Thank you all for what you have done for our band. We owe this show to you. To all of the years you followed and stuck with us, we owe this show to you.
People keep asking us if we are "back". I don't know how to truly answer that. We have absolutely no plans to continue playing after this show. Sal is extremely successful in the bar/restaurant/venue industry, Joe is currently drumming for the massive Canadian Electronic act Bob Moses, my band (Night Verses) just put out our newest record produced by the amazing Ross Robinson and Cameron is working on his solo career while giving multi-instrumental music lessons in California.
We aren't here planning The Sleeping's future. We are simply in the moment and the moment is telling us to just play the hell out of this one show.
For all of you, for all of us. We will see you in December.
- Douglas Robinson

The Sleeping
Oct 03, 2016

First time original lineup in 10 years // Full details tomorrow // 12pm EST